NMLP P-001185 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 1982

US Harcourt Brace Jovanovich is the true first; the UK Women's Press edition (1983) is later. The 'B C D E' letter code, single-address rear flap, and absence of any Pulitzer mention on the jacket are the points.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001185 for "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001185, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).